Despite the apparent peeling on the LM's outer skin, the crew discovered that the spacecraft's systems were performing nominally.

Despite this, some MTAs, notably Exim and qmail, relay mail to servers that do not advertise 8BITMIME without performing the conversion to 7-bit MIME ( typically quoted-printable, " Q-P conversion ") required by RFC 6152.

Despite performing glorious deeds of valour and bravery, the poem relates that the Gododdin were massacred.

Despite his parents ' and vocal teachers ' disapproval of jazz, Calloway began frequenting and eventually performing in many of Baltimore's jazz clubs, where he was mentored by drummer Chick Webb and pianist Johnny Jones.

Despite several severe interruptions in her career, Francis is still active as a recording and performing artist ( as of November 2011 ).

Despite this new tragedy she took up live performing again, even gracing the American Bandstand 30th Anniversary Special Episode and appearing in the town where she had been raped.

Despite performing in what is considered a " niche " genre, this duo was ranked as one of the top 20 bands on the original MP3. com.

Despite accusations of unfairness and bias regarding the murder trials of Israel Lipski in 1887 and Florence Maybrick in 1889, Stephen continued performing his judicial duties.

Despite its continual drain of heavy pilot and aircraft losses, the RLAF grew to the point where it flew 30, 000 combat sorties annually against its enemies in the years 1970 through 1972, as well performing essential logistics duties.

In the late 1990s, during the release of her album Bathhouse Betty, Midler commented on her time performing there, " Despite the way things turned out the AIDS crisis, I'm still proud of those days.

Despite the high-minded educational tone that Grover Whalen attempted to set, the " Amusements Area " was the most popular part of the Fair and included roller coaster, the Life Savers parachute jump ( which was later moved to Coney Island where it still stands ), and carnival acts such as a collection of performing midgets.

Despite health concerns, particularly regarding the condition of his hands, Ysaÿe was at his best when performing, and many prominent composers dedicated major works to him, including Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, and Ernest Chausson.

Despite the ban, the Pep Band remains active, performing its traditional roles in Charlottesville events and supporting University of Virginia student athletes outside the jurisdiction of the athletic department, such as at club sporting events.

" Despite performing her usual array of songs, she received a standing ovation.

Despite performing poorly at the box office, the film was nominated for several awards, including Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Picture ( Drama ) and Oscars for best Best Art Direction ( Richard Sylbert, George Gaines ) and Film Editing.

Despite this, Shore has a cameo near the end of the film as the conductor of the orchestra in the theater, performing portions of Max Steiner's score to the original 1933 version of the film.

Despite this stage fright, Goulet was encouraged by his parents to continue performing.

Despite performing poorly at the box office in India, the film proved to be a hit overseas.

Despite not performing on State of Alert's only EP No Policy, Preslar received a co-writing credit on the track " Draw Blank ".

Despite this success, Texas spent much of the late 1980s performing as a support band for acts such as Foregone Conclusion and Silly Wizard.

" Despite her interest in music, Carpenter never considered performing publicly until, shortly after graduating from Taft, her father suggested that she perform at a local open-mike bar, a stressful experience for the shy Carpenter, who recalled, " I thought I was going to barf.

Despite not winning her competition ( she lost to Melissa Moultree ), Tiffany, performing on Star Search as ' Tiffany Renee ,' was the first Star Search alumna (- us ) to land a # 1 hit, with her cover of the Top 5 Tommy James & the Shondells hit " I Think We're Alone Now " — actually improving on the original single's chart performance.

Despite several more line-up changes, including the departures of Cooper and Stewart, and a decline in mainstream success, the band is still recording and performing up to the present day, including in front of a television audience at the Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony in Kingston.

Despite some initial opposition by his father, by 15 he began performing standup comedy and by 17 he won the title of " Chicago's Funniest Teenager " from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Despite the extreme rarity of the instrument, there does exist a repertoire, albeit a very small one.

Despite her relatively small frame of 5 ft 8 inch ( 173 cm ) for a model, she managed to add prestigious bookings such as advertisements from Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Christian Dior, Burberry, and Louis Vuitton ; runway shows from Marc Jacobs, D & G, and Sonia Rykiel as well as appearances on the cover of Vogue Paris, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan to her modeling repertoire.

Despite his success in film, the theatre remained at the heart of Griem's work, and he performed in many classic roles from both the German and English-language repertoire.

Despite some superficial similarities between the two characters, the Famous animators were at pains to design Audrey in contrast to Lulu, adopting an entirely different color scheme and employing the stylistic conventions common to Famous Studios ' later 1940s repertoire, as opposed to Buell's individualistic rendering of Little Lulu.

Despite its failure to secure an acquittal, the surviving rewrite is considered to be one of Cicero's best works: thought by many to be the magnum opus of his rhetorical repertoire.

Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.

Despite being able to crawl on land, many of these prehistoric tetrapodomorph fish still spent most of their time in the water.

Despite being quite religious, he was also interested in mathematics and science, and sometimes is claimed to have contradicted the teachings of the Church in favour of scientific theories.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

Despite being outscored over the season, the Diamondbacks posted the best record in the NL with 90 wins and 72 losses.

Despite being at one time a defender of metaphysical realism, Hilary Putnam later abandoned this view in favor of a position he termed " internal realism ".

Despite being epileptic, Charles achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army.

Despite being younger than the other contenders, Ahmad Shah had several overriding factors in his favor.

Despite this, there were also several superstar hitters, the most famous being Honus Wagner, held to be one of the greatest shortstops to ever play the game, and Detroit's Ty Cobb, the " Georgia Peach.

Despite being offered the chance to remain as ruler of Bavaria ( under strict terms of an alliance with Austria ), the Elector left his country and family in order to continue the war against the Allies from the Spanish Netherlands where he still held the post of governor-general.

Despite being short on cash at times, he often refused money that his friends offered him out of their own pockets.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite the term blitzkrieg being coined by journalists during the Invasion of Poland of 1939, historians Mathew Cooper and J. P Harris generally hold that German operations during it were more consistent with more traditional methods.

Despite fox hunting being banned by the Hunting Act in 2004, Boxing Day remains the biggest hunt of the year for most hunts in the UK by use of scent drag trails instead of live quarry.

Despite being predominantly peaceful in nature, the revolution was not without violent clashes between security forces and protesters, with at least 846 people killed and 6, 000 injured.

Despite being attached to the curse, Colavito said that he never placed a curse on the Indians but that the trade was prompted by a salary dispute with Lane.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

Despite being extensively hunted, the coyote is one of the few medium-to large-sized animals that has enlarged its range since human encroachment began.

Despite swimming being a part of imperial education, Caligula could not swim.

Despite being a Methodist, he made reference to the Buddha in his diary, and encouraged the establishment of a Buddhist political party under Master Taixu.

" Despite being significantly more advanced than its predecessors, the Armstrong gun was rejected soon after its integration, in favor of the muzzle-loading pieces that had been in use before.

Despite being one of Mather's most well-known works, many have openly criticized it, labeling it as hard to follow and understand, and poorly paced and organized.

Despite its being a non-metric unit, a number of metric countries have used this unit for its limited range of application.

Despite these complaints, Clement is generally not considered a heretic in the Catholic Church, but such concerns about his orthodoxy led to him being removed from the Roman martyrology in 1586, and he is not revered as a saint in contemporary Roman Catholicism.

Despite not being natural persons, corporations are recognized by the law to have rights and responsibilities like natural persons (" people ").